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Tom Pohorelsky 1914 - 1990

Tom Pohorelsky (1914 - 1990)
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Tom Pohorelsky
Last Known Residence
Dime Box, Lee County, Texas 77853
Born
October 8, 1914
Death
January 13, 1990
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Tom Pohorelsky of Dime Box, Lee County, Texas was born on October 8, 1914, and died at age 75 years old on January 13, 1990.

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Dime Box, Lee County, Texas 77853
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Tom Pohorelsky passed away at age 75 years old on January 13, 1990. Tom Pohorelsky of Dime Box, Lee County, Texas was born on October 8, 1914.

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Tom Pohorelsky lived 4 years shorter than the average Pohorelsky family member when he died at the age of 75.
The average age of a Pohorelsky family member is 79.
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1914 - 1990 World Events

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In 1914, in the year that Tom Pohorelsky was born, in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

In 1927, when he was just 13 years old, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.

In 1959, by the time he was 45 years old, on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. The flag was changed to display 49 stars.

In 1966, when he was 52 years old, on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

In 1990, in the year of Tom Pohorelsky's passing, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the movement to end South African apartheid was released on February 11th 1990.

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